English Explanatory Dictionary

diakinesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the last stage of prophase, in which the nucleolus and nuclear envelope disappear, spindle fibers form, and the chromosomes shorten in preparation for metaphase.

Word forms

diakinesis diakineses

Etymology

From dia- + -kinesis.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary